Alternatively, consider a village excursion for an intimate ... bustling markets are central to modern Uzbek life. Displaying the full extent of Uzbekistan’s bountiful harvest, these markets ...

There's optimism over reforms in Uzbekistan but no way of knowing ... covering real stories that matter to ordinary people - life in a village with no electricity, a teacher killed sweeping ...

One day, following a tip from an itinerant shepherd, he and a companion, Sergei Matrenin, met the schoolmaster of a small village named ... but Dark Star is his true life’s work, and no one ...

A traditional sheepskin coat blows in the wind in Turtkul, Uzbekistan, on a highway that ... the prototype for globalization. Larger-than-life murals of historical Kazakh political figures adorn ...

Once one of the worlds largest inland lakes, Asia's Aral Sea has evaporated into desert, dried by Soviet era irrigation plans. One village in Kazakhstan sits on the shrinking shores of the Aral Sea.

We heard from people from many different walks of life -- a restaurant owner, a gay man, journalists, and a young activist who grew up in a village ... activist from Uzbekistan, talked about ...

In Uzbekistan, the facades of the spiritual monuments ... on folk hero Khoja Nasreddin Efendi’s donkey, the youngster’s life will be filled with joy. Much of the grand Po-i Kalan complex ...

However, some determined holdouts – such as Luba Gershenzon, an Uzbekistan-born grandmother who hosted us in her home – ...

For greater insights into Uzbekistan’s position at the heart of the fabled Silk Road, a historic trade route that ran from China and India to the Mediterranean, the cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and ...

focusing on US relations with Central Asia and life and politics in the United States. She has co-hosted VOA special broadcasts for a global audience. Navbahor has received multiple awards for ...

The Aral Sea straddles the border of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan ... VALERIE KIPNIS, BYLINE: The village of Tastubek was nearly desolate for 30 years.